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The Greater Earth System

The Greater Earth System  Arthur Woods (*) “If God wanted man to become a spacefaring species, he would have given man a Moon.” Krafft A. Ehricke, 1984 [1] This article introduces the concept that Greater Earth is not only a region defined …
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Space Solutions to Terrestrial Problems

Most people intuitively assume and fundamentally believe that terrestrial problems must have terrestrial solutions. This is likely due to a lack of understanding about our interconnectedness and interdependence with the rest of the cosmos. As a terrestrially evolved organism, it …
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Making Cosmic Choices

If one believes that other technological civilizations have appeared throughout the Cosmos, then one can speculate they must have faced a similar choice that confronts humanity at this particular moment in its history. Did these distant civilizations decide to use …
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Space, Art and the Future of Humanity

“spaceoptionism”, “spaceoptimism”, “spaceism” or “………….. “ In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, at the beginning of the modernist era and of modern art, the avant-garde was characterized by its confidence and optimism about the future. The artists, writers …
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Our Window of Opportunity

Our civilization is at its peak – we have the means today to implement The Space Option but not yet the commitment. However, if our species does not soon embrace this unique opportunity with sufficient commitment, it may miss its …
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Ethical Considerations in Astronautical Endeavours

  ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN ASTRONAUTICAL ENDEAVOURS Introductory Remarks Marco C. Bernasconi The OURS Foundation, CH-8953 Dietikon, Switzerland Paper IAA-95-IAA.8.1.01 presented at the XLVI International Congress of Astronautics, in Oslo (Norway),October 1995 Introduction Ethics is not a scientific discipline, but part …
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